Here are some updates on defence and aerospace industry contracts and appointments, that I outlined in the latest issue of
magazine:
The Canadian government has awarded a contract to Saab Microwave Canada for radar upgrades on the Halifax-class frigates.

By David Pugliese and Brian Platt
Canada’s top soldier did not keep a single note of his conversations about Vice Admiral Mark Norman he had with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his top aides or from any of his meetings with senior RCMP officers.

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance will be on the witness stand Wednesday to answer questions from Vice Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers about allegations the Canadian Forces tried to prevent the release of documents needed by the naval officer for his upcoming trial.

By David Pugliese and Brian Platt
A lawyer for former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison showed up in an Ottawa court Tuesday with his client’s emails that had been requested in the case of Vice Admiral Mark Norman.

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada will start the process to upgrade and extend the operating life of the Canadian Forces Griffon helicopter fleet with initial work needed to determine how to proceed with technology improvements.

The news that senior officers at National Defence headquarters are hiding documents requested under the Access to Information law is like a journey into the past for us few journalists who have covered the Canadian Forces over the decades.

Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough and her bureaucrats at Public Services and Procurement Canada will often claim that the various purchases the department makes using your tax dollars are “fair, open and transparent.